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Connected features the personal stories of six New Yorkers woven together into one of the most intimate series ever. This groundbreaking show changes the nature of storytelling by giving each character a camera to document their lives. The result is a unique format revealing as different as everyone appears to be, we are all universally Connected.

Wake up to your world in 2 minutes.

Jews and Money. Asian Drivers. Polish IQ. CPT… that's racist! But where do these stereotypes come from? Comedian Mike Epps explores the backstories of this humor and how history and fact often distorts into a snide – but sometimes funny – shorthand.

"INSPIRED" features celebrities, visionaries and some of the biggest newsmakers of our generation, recounting the stories behind their biggest, life-changing moments of inspiration.

In a compelling series of verite encounters, Win Win provides unique access into the minds and lives of the world’s most-celebrated entrepreneurs and athletes.

Explore what it means to be human as we rush head first into the future through the eyes, creativity, and mind of Tiffany Shlain, acclaimed filmmaker and speaker, founder of The Webby Awards, mother, constant pusher of boundaries and one of Newsweek’s “women shaping the 21st Century.”

Nicole Richie brings her unfiltered sense of humor and unique perspective to life in a new series based on her irreverent twitter feed. The show follows the outspoken celebrity as she shares her perspective on style, parenting, relationships and her journey to adulthood.

Comedy is hard, but teaching comedy to children is hilariously difficult. Kevin Nealon is giving the challenge to some world-famous comedians. As these young minds meet with comedy’s best, get ready to learn some valuable comedy lessons, and to laugh!

James Franco loves movies. He loves watching them, acting in them, directing them, and even writing them. And now, he’s going to take some of his favorite movie scenes from the most famous films of all time, and re-imagine them in ways that only James can.

The story of punk rock singer Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! who came out as a woman in 2012, and other members of the trans community whose experiences are woefully underrepresented and misunderstood in the media.

Executive produced by Zoe Saldana (who will be the subject of one episode), a celebrity travels back to their hometown to pay tribute to the one person from their past (before they were famous) who helped change their life by giving them an over-the-top, heart-felt surprise.

Enter the graceful but competitive world of ballet through the eyes of executive producer, Sarah Jessica Parker. This behind-the-scenes docudrama reveals what it takes to perform on the ultimate stage, the New York City Ballet. Catch NYCB on stage at Lincoln Center.

Park Bench is a new kind of "talking show" straight from the mind of born and bred New Yorker and host, Steve Buscemi.

Celebrity makeup artist Johny Saade breaks down the best hair and makeup moments from the leading ladies of Gossip Girl, Season 3. Saade offers up the beauty checklist to help channel and inspire your own inner Gossip Girl!

Get The 5 Gossip Girl Beauty Looks: The Ultimate ChecklistJohny Saade: The beauty looks on this show are amazing. It’s very youthful, fresh, edgy. Each girl has a unique style. Blair, she’s the Upper East Side like Queen B in this look. Her hair is down. She’s got nice wave. It’s very simple but done up a little bit. She’s got that bold lip with a little bit of gloss, a little lipstick on a plum colors and that’s like the boldest thing in her makeup and it’s all about eye definitions. Everything else is very soft and nude and shimmering. That’s the big key to keep it beautiful. And there is Jenny. She’s totally different from all other girls. She’s very edgy. She’s not scared to take risks. Jenny’s hair in this scene is definitely colored to get that bright cut in a blonde color. Also, I think she has extension in there to get the length. Her lips, it’s like burnt red matte lipstick. For her, this color works really good because of her pale skin. It just makes it pop. It’s a soft smokey eye and it’s not traditional. The key is eyeliner inside the eye and outside the eye. Olivia’s hair and makeup was a great day time look. It’s very soft, clean and easy to do. It looks almost like she just roll out of bed and did really nothing to it and that’s what the hair shows. Her lips are nude color, easy to do, a little bit of gloss. Her skin is very dewy and she has a little bit of like a peachy bronze on just to give to her a little bit of color. Her eyes have a light shimmer on them and a little bit of mascara and eyeliner just to give her a little definition. Serena is definitely one of my favorite characters because she always sets the trends. She’s very fashionable. She has that downtown style. Serena’s hair is a simple braid. It’s just put off in a high ponytail and that’s what makes it fashionable. Serena has a bold color also on her lips. It’s like a berry shade. Her eyes are really easy to do. It’s a soft shimmer champagne and black mascara to define her eyes. Vanessa is definitely a Bohemian beauty. She’s got the dark hair, dark skin and the bright blue eyes. Her hairstyle here is pulled back to give her a little volume on the top. She’s wearing a hot pink glossy lip which works really well with her skin tone. To bring out her blue eye color, they use gold shimmer which also works really well with her all of skin tone. Not only this looks beautiful on TV but they’re easy to do on real life. Overall, I think the Gossip Girls hair and makeup is amazing, it’s easy to do and I love it.Zelena: Stay beautiful and we’ll see you next time on Bella TV.

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